Dep

name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Department of Environmental protection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of department. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Clipping of deposit. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of delayed entry program. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

    "A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military."

  4. 4
    Clipping of departure. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of data execution prevention. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A deposition. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep."

  2. 7
    A deputy. countable, informal, uncountable

    "[A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us."

  3. 8
    A dépanneur. Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable
  4. 9
    A dependency. countable, informal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To deputize. informal

    "Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001)."

  2. 2
    depart or departs
  3. 3
    deposed

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.

Etymology 2

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Etymology 3

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Etymology 4

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

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